Hi, Milinda,

+1 on your default window idea. One question: what's the difference between
a rule and a re-write?

Thanks!

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 7:14 AM, Milinda Pathirage <mpath...@umail.iu.edu>
wrote:

> @Chris
> Yes, I was referring to that mail. Actually I was wrong about the ‘Now’
> window, it should be a ‘Unbounded’ window for most the default scenarios
> (Section 6.4 of https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~david/cs848/stream-cql.pdf).
> Because
> applying a ‘Now’ window with size of 1 will double the number of events
> generated if we consider insert/delete streams. But ‘Unbounded’ will only
> generate insert events.
>
> @Yi
> 1. You are correct about Calcite.There is no stream-to-relation conversion
> happening. But as I understand we don’t need Calcite to support this. We
> can add it to our query planner as a rule or re-write. What I am not sure
> is whether to use a rule or a re-write.
> 2. There is a rule in Calcite which extract the Window out from the
> Project. But I am not sure why that didn’t happen in my test. This rule is
> added to the planner by default. I’ll ask about this in Calcite mailing
> list.
>
> I think we can figure out a way to move the window to the input stream if
> Calcite can move the window out from Project. I’ll see how we can do this.
>
> Also I’ll go ahead and implement default windows. We can change it later if
> Julian or someone from Calcite comes up with a better suggestion.
>
> Thanks
> Milinda
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Yi Pan <nickpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Milinda,
> >
> > Sorry to reply late on this. Here are some of my comments:
> > 1) In Calcite's model, it seems that there is no stream-to-relation
> > conversion step. In the first example where the window specification is
> > missing, I like your solution to add the default LogicalNowWindow
> operator
> > s.t. it makes the physical operator matches the query plan. However, if
> > Calcite community does not agree to add the default LogicalNowWindow, it
> > would be fine for us if we always insert a default "now" window on a
> stream
> > when we generate the Samza configuration.
> > 2) I am more concerned on the other cases, where window operator is used
> in
> > aggregation and join. In your example of windowed aggregation in Calcite,
> > window spec seems to be a decoration to the LogicalProject operator,
> > instead of defining a data source to the LogicalProject operator. In the
> > CQL model we followed, the window operator is considered as a query
> > primitive that generate a data source for other relation operators to
> > consume. How exactly is window operator used in Calcite planner? Isn't it
> > much clear if the following is used?
> > LogicalProject(EXPR$0=[CASE(>(COUNT($2), 0), CAST($SUM0($2)):INTEGER,
> > null)])
> >    LogicalWindow(ROWS BETWEEN 2 PRECEDING AND 2 FOLLOWING)
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Milinda Pathirage <
> mpath...@umail.iu.edu
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi devs,
> > >
> > > I ask about $subject in calcite-dev. You can find the archived
> discussion
> > > at [1]. I think your thoughts are also valuable in this discussion in
> > > calcite list.
> > >
> > > I discovered the requirement for a default window operator when I tried
> > to
> > > integrate streamscan (I was using tablescan prevously) into the
> physical
> > > plan generation logic. Because of the way we have written the
> > > OperatorRouter API, we always need a stream-to-relation operator at the
> > > input. But Calcite generates a query plan like following:
> > >
> > > LogicalDelta
> > >   LogicalProject(id=[$0], product=[$1], quantity=[$2])
> > >     LogicalFilter(condition=[>($2, 5)])
> > >
> > >       StreamScan(table=[[KAFKA, ORDERS]], fields=[[0, 1, 2]])
> > >
> > > If we consider LogicalFilter as a relation operator, we need something
> to
> > > convert input stream to a relation before sending the tuples
> downstream.
> > > In addition to this, there is a optimization where we consider filter
> > > operator as a tuple operator and have it between StreamScan and
> > > stream-to-relation operator as a way of reducing the amount of messages
> > > going downstream.
> > >
> > > Other scenario is windowed aggregates. Currently window spec is
> attached
> > to
> > > the LogicalProject in query plan like following:
> > >
> > > LogicalProject(EXPR$0=[CASE(>(COUNT($2) OVER (ROWS BETWEEN 2 PRECEDING
> > AND
> > > 2 FOLLOWING), 0), CAST($SUM0($2) OVER (ROWS BETWEEN 2 PRECEDING AND 2
> > > FOLLOWING)):INTEGER, null)])
> > >
> > > I wanted to know from them whether it is possible to move window
> > operation
> > > just after the stream scan, so that it is compatible with our operator
> > > layer.
> > > May be there are better or easier ways to do this. So your comments are
> > > always welcome.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Milinda
> > >
> > >
> > > [1]
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-calcite-dev/201502.mbox/browser
> > >
> > > --
> > > Milinda Pathirage
> > >
> > > PhD Student | Research Assistant
> > > School of Informatics and Computing | Data to Insight Center
> > > Indiana University
> > >
> > > twitter: milindalakmal
> > > skype: milinda.pathirage
> > > blog: http://milinda.pathirage.org
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Milinda Pathirage
>
> PhD Student | Research Assistant
> School of Informatics and Computing | Data to Insight Center
> Indiana University
>
> twitter: milindalakmal
> skype: milinda.pathirage
> blog: http://milinda.pathirage.org
>

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